'Weak Evidence': Narendra Dabholkar Murder Convict's Life Term Suspended

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday suspended the life sentence of Sachin Andure, a convict in the 2013 murder case of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar, and granted him bail, stating that the evidence against him was "extremely weak" and may eventually lead to his acquittal.A bench of Justices Sarang Kotwal and Ranjitsinha Bhonsale noted that eyewitnesses identified Andure after a gap of eight years and pointed to loose ends regarding the recovery of the weapon used in the crime."The applicant is in custody based on a weak piece of evidence for about six years from the arrest in this case and hence, deserves to be released on bail," the judgment said.The court ordered Andure to furnish a personal bond of Rs 50,000.Dabholkar, 67, the founder of the Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti, an anti-superstition organisation, was shot dead by two motorcycle-borne assailants while on a morning walk in Pune on August 20,…